Mailed my taxes 9 weeks ago, still no #2 or #3 Stim checks and no refund

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27. Taxpayer Advocate says there's no record of my taxes, check back in 30 days

She kept telling me to go online see if they received my taxes. WTF? I can't use "Where's my refund?" because I don't have a specifc dollar amount, the IRS was calculating EIC.

She said if I ask my Congressman's office they will contact the Taxpayer Advocate and see the same information she sees which is nothing and say there's no record of my taxes "in the system".

She said it's good I'm expecting a refund because that means I'm not trying to skip town on paying taxes, and that refunds can be issued up to 3 years after due date. I thought I read the STIM refunds had to be done by the end of this year.

She thinks the taxes were never received by the IRS. I asked if she has made a record in her system of today's call. Yes.

DO NOT WRITE to the IRS again, she says. They won't reply. DO NOT SEND ANOTHER COPY OF YOUR TAXES. Call back in 30 days and see if we ask you to send another copy.

It seemed to me more like 'we can't say anything' and there's something she's not telling me. There was a bit of light gasping, like either the IRS is so swamped it's just terrible, or you're up to no good not sending your taxes.

This is unbelievable.